Can opener and sealer



i. E. SELLER AND W. KRECKER.

CAN @PENEH AND SEALER.

hn'ed Muy 16, 1922.

/A/ VENTQRS. JOSEPH E15/TELLER WML/AM ,TREC/rif? BY @MMQM ATT Vez and the invention has for its object to proarent caricao JOSEPH E. RELLER AND WILLIAM KRECKER, 0F LONG- BEACH, CALIFORNIA; SAID KRECKER ASSIGNOR TO SAID IREI'JILCER.I

GAN OPENER AND SEALER.,

appiieation inea February 25, 19ao. serial no. 361,337.

To all whom t may concer/n:

Be\it known that we, JOSEPH E. RELLER and WILLIAM KRECKER, citizens of the United States, residing at Long Beach, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful lmprovements in Can Openers and Sealers, of which the following is a specification.l

This invention relates to container and can receptacle punches and closing means,

vide a simple, inexpensive, substantial, practicable, durable and effective device to, secure the punching of the tops of metallic con.

tainers such, for instance, as metallic milk cans so as to provide a pouring aperture and a vent. aperture in the punctured end of the can, and further to provide such a device' that will be serviceable to close the apertures after they have been made. The invention consists of the punching and closingdevice a form of whichis illustrated in the accompanying drawings and described and claimed herein.

Figure 1 is a perspective of a can to which the device is. shown as applied in puncture closing position.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the can with its upper portion in section and showing the punching and closing device in place.

Fig. 3 'is an underneath perspective of the improved device showing a can in dotted line relation.

The device consists of a rigid and, preferably, metallic plate or'body portion 2 of any suitable length and width and shape, in plan, and the plate is provided adjacent one I end with downwardly extending guide form- 'les ing and positioning tongues or lugs 3 intermediately between which there is provided an extending eye part 4, preferably, integrally formed of the sheet material of which the body 2 is made; the eye ort/rin part 4 being shown .as in the plane offt e body part 2. The part 4 forms both a handle by which the device may be conveniently ma.-

nipulated and alsofenablingit tope suspended as from a hook or nall when not 1n use.. f

The downwardly extendlngf tongues or lu'gs 3 3 areset in angular pos1t1on inthe varc of ay circle of indeterminate radius so that when the ldevice is applied with the tongues 3-T3 adjacent the upper corner of claimed.

a can C there will then be positioned above the top nof (the can a plurality of impaling or puncturing teeth one of w'hich is shown at 5 as arranged adjacent to the end of the plate 2 that is provided with the guide tongues 3 3 so that this point 5 will occupy a position on the top T of the can adjacent to the edge of the ltop. The other impaling o r puncturing prong designated 6 is positioned beyond the point 5 at such position as to make an aperture that will be exposed by the tilting of the can to permit the inflow of air, and the fluid contents of the can may be poured ,out of the hole formed by the tooth or punch 5 when the punching device has been removed from the can.

These punching teeth 5-6 may be pro-- vided and arranged in any suitable manner and number, and as here shown consist of conical hardened steel prongs riveted as at tured the tongues 3-3 are adjusted against the upper corner of the can and this will arrange the punches 5--6 'in a'diametrical line on opposite sides of the center of the top, and by the application of necessary pressure the punches will be forced through the top T and may be driven down until the plate 2 is in close juxtaposition to the top T at which time the annular shoulders 8 about the basesof the punches 5 -6 will rest on the contiguous portion of the top about the apertures made.

To' draw thel contents of the can the punches are withdrawn and after the content has been'discharged from the can as may be desired the punches can again be applied to iill the apertures, when the shoulders 8- 8 will form tight closures for the openings.

By this device all of the holes may be punched simultaneously 'by a blow or pressure upon the punching means or the punches may be pressed 1n by pressure on 'either end of the device successively'.

Various changes may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention as What is claimed is: A can puncturing and puncture closing device, compising a plate, a pair of puncturing mem rs projecting from the under Q e A L41 6,57?

side of said plate, a pair of spaced ears may be suspended from a suitable support formed integral with and depending from whlle not in, use. one end of said plate to facilitate the posi- In testimony whereof we have signed our 10 tioning of the device on a can, and a penames to this specification. 5 forated member projecting from the end of v the plate between said ears, which perforated J OSE-PH E. RELLER. member provides means whereby the device WILLIAM KRECKER. 

